it’s a Nova…SuprNova
BitTorrent August 23rd, 2007
Suprnova.org is back. It was resuscitated from the dead and is now coming back with a vengeance!
The Angel of ‘Live’ that brought it back is the (in)famous PirateBay. I tried checking the website, but I’m getting this page instead.
Perhaps, the server is down due to many people logging on their site.
But nevermind, from Arstechnica, this defiant quote was gleaned:
This is how it works. Whatever you sink, we build back up. Whomever you sue, ten new pirates are recruited. Wherever you go, we are already ahead of you. You are the past and the forgotten, we are the internet and the future.”
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I’m still contacting my Group members to get The Ruby Documentation up. I’ll post it here so that it may be of use to the community.
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Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI (2nd Edition) (Developer’s Library) (Paperback)
(Author), by Steve Graham (Author), Doug Davis (Author), Simeon Simeonov (Author), Glen Daniels (Author), Peter BrittenhamYuichi Nakamura (Author), Paul Fremantle (Author), Dieter Koenig (Author), Claudia Zentner (Author)
If you’re working with web services (i.e. from a beginner’s stand point), you would like to have a selection of sites that you can turn too for guidance when you’re stuck. One such site is: http://www.wso2.org/. I found that their coverage on Axis2 good. They have lots of tutorials. This is indeed a boon for those of you who are working with Axis2. For those of you who are using Axis 1(I’m currently using Axis 1.4) due to work/project commitments, I found that the Axis Guide Site is very useful. Though you can also get books that discusses Axis, as the one pictured above.
The above mentioned book has a chapter dedicated to Building Web Services in Axis. Most books do not have such in depth coverage (if any). The book may be verbose, but it is good enough if you need to know how to utilize Axis 1.* for your web services needs. Let it be known, I’m no expert in this subject matter, If you have a lot of experience in Axis, please comment and share your knowledge with me. I just learnt about web services just 4 months ago. So as you can see, I’m a neophyte!
The book also has detailed (a bit lengthy) coverage on SOAP, UDDI, WSDL and XML technologies. These technologies are important in the web services stack. If you want a quick read on the operation of the SOAP and other web services technology stack, I recommend Web Services Platform Architecture.
Web Services Platform Architecture: SOAP, WSDL, WS-Policy, WS-Addressing, WS-BPEL, WS-Reliable Messaging, and More (Paperback)
by Sanjiva Weerawarana (Author), Francisco Curbera (Author), Frank Leymann (Author), Tony Storey (Author), Donald F. Ferguson (Author)
The above book is ideal if you want something light to read. It is a far thinner book than the “Building Web Services with Java”. I found it easier to understand this book if I want to learn something first. After I’ve read this book, then I went to the “Web Services Platform Architecture” book.
Hmm, looks like I gave a mini book review. I haven’t completely read both books. I just read selected chapters of both books that were pertinent to my project. Please share with me your knowledge if you’ve worked on Axis or on any part of the Web Services architecture. Thanking you in advance!
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